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His father John SR. was a pianist and taught his son the instrument. But the young Watson was immediately attracted to the sound of the guitar. His grandfather, a preacher, was also musically. "My father sang while playing the guitar in the Church" Watson said years later. When Johnny was 11, his grandfather offered him a guitar, and only if the boy no "devilish music" would play, blues. Watson said yes, but blues was surely the first thing he did.

The American rock band Pearl Jam on the album Backspacer(2009) called a song to Johnny Guitar. Singer Eddie Vedder was inspired by the collage of Johnny Guitars album covers in the bathroom of the practice room of the band. It is specifically about the album cover of "What the Hell Is This? (1979), on which Johnny Guitar sitting on a tricycle with three women. The song is about a man who is attracted to one of the women on the album cover and are wondering why the woman would prefer one of the many women than Johnny Guitars unique girlfriend of this man. One of his many hits is Too Tired that was covered by Gary Moore on his album Still Got The Blues.